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"I am currently using an MSR SuperFly and I like it because if I run out of canisters and I am somewhere that the canisters aren't available, I can still hook up a butane bottle from any gas station. I just don't want to be left without fuel during my trip, which is the only reason I am considering a liquid fuel stove. No fuel = inoperable stove = dead weight."


This is why long distance hikers typically use alcohol stoves --- the fuel is more readily available. Yellow HEET in gas stations (gasline antifreeze) or denatured alcohol in hardware stores. Or if nothing else (tends to be taxed to be more expensive), Everclear.
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Brian Lewis
http://postholer.com/brianle